Vail to Discuss How to Gain Incorporation
The group Vail Arizona Incorporation Leadership has spoken with city of Tucson officials and learned Tucson leaders are not interested in annexing Vail.
Vail contributes significant taxes and fees to the county and the county uses these revenues to service the needs of other areas in the county.
The only way that our small community will receive any return on the taxes we pay is to establish a local government that is aware of our needs and is willing to use the taxes we pay to address them.
The districts response area is bounded by East Irvington Road, Saguaro Natl Park East, 3693 S. Old Spanish Tr, Colossal Cave Mtn Park, 16721 E Old Spanish Tr, and I-10 up to Milepost 283.
Vail will need about 10 % of its qualified voters to get the item on a Pima County ballot. Then a majority vote in favor of incorporation by the Tucson mayor and City Council will be needed. If the city then approves, a simple majority vote by Vail area residents would lead them to incorporation. Vail would incorporate as a city, which requires a minumum of 3,000 residents. Vail has about 10,000.
Town Hall Meeting
A Vail town hall on incorporation sponsored by the group Vail Arizona Incorporation Leadership is 6-8pm July 16 in the cafetorim at Cienega high School, 12775 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. The meeting will include a petition drive and a forum for residents to discuss incorporation.
Vail Website
2 comments:
I support your efforts!!
would be helpful if you could include a map of the Vail area, showing the intended incorporation boundary.
best wishes -- Steve
This is very interesting. I'll try to get to the planning meeting. I'm curious: why don't the planned town boundaries take in areas south of I-10? I wonder if following the Vail school district boundaries would make any sense.
Any organized opposition to the idea?
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